Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill on Oct. 23, 2019. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Lawyer Beats Ethics Case After Paralegal Allegedly Used Facebook to 'Friend' Adversary's Client: Here's How He Did It
"Today, social media is ubiquitous, a common form of communication among members of the public," Justice Barry Albin wrote for the unanimous court. "At this point, attorneys cannot take refuge in the defense of ignorance."
September 21, 2021 at 05:17 PM
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Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
The original version of this story was published on New Jersey Law Journal
The New Jersey Supreme Court has dismissed an ethics complaint against a lawyer who used Facebook to obtain information about his adversary's client.
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